May 25, 2013

"I lost my Windows 8 password, what to do?" This is question being asked thousands of times.

Lost Windows 8 login password can be a frequent occurrence. It really frustrates us like hell when we lost Windows 8 administrator password. In order to prevent it or remedy such a situation, we’d better know one trick or two about how to gain access to our computer when we lost Windows 8 administrator password. These tricks could in handy if you lost Windows 8 administrator password, etc. All 3 ways work perfectly to recover your password no matter you lost password to Windows 8 consumer preview/developer preview or official Windows 8/ Windows 8 pro/Windows RT.

Note: if you lost Windows user password, same steps can be applied.

Way 1: Use third-party Lost Windows 8 Password Recovery Software

Lost Windows 8 password recovery software is considered the easiest and most efficient way to recover lost password for Windows 8, a top utility should be lost Windows 8 Password Key, with which you able to get back your lost Windows 8 administrator password without no computer knowledge required. In this article, we’ll take lost Windows 8 administrator password as an example, all the steps are applicable to find lost Windows 8 user password, etc.

Here’s how to get back lost Windows 8 login password:

Step 1: Download Lost Windows 8 Password Key and run it on any accessible computer.

Step 3: Set bios to boot your computer from Windows 8 password reset disk, and follow the steps as been shown in the following screenshot:

Step 4: Sign in without Windows 8 login password.

Way 2: Use Previously-created Windows 8 Password Reset Disk

To create a Windows 8 password reset disk in advance to get back lost Windows 8 login password is a built-in password reset wizard in Windows 8. To use this wizard, you need to create a Windows 8 password reset disk in advance. Here’s how:

Step 3: Type a new password, type it again to confirm, click “Next” and then hit “Finish”.

Way 3: Use Default Windows 8 Administrator Account

Each version of Windows since Windows XP has a default Windows administrator account that allows you to login with a blank password. In order to login in, you need to boot in Windows 8 safe mode because it’s disabled in normal mode. Here’s how:

Step 1: Press “Win+R” combination and enter “msconfig” in the run box, hit the enter button.